Rackham Professional Alumni Council

The Rackham Professional Alumni Council brings together alumni and friends of the graduate school who are today’s global leaders in fields beyond academia to share their advice, knowledge, and connections to advance Rackham’s mission and vision for student-centered, faculty-led graduate education.

2024-25 Council Members

• Marsha Blauwkamp (Ph.D. ’07)
• Ashley Brown (M.A. ’08; Ph.D. ’12), ghSMART
• Alexander Conison (M.A. ’10; Ph.D. ’12), Flaviar
• Katherine Gallagher Robbins (Ph.D. ’15), National Partnership for Women & Families
• Gail Gibson (Ph.D. ’17), Kessler Scholars Collaborative
• Mazy Gillis (A.B. 1990), Koch
• Jamie Hart (A.M. 1996; Ph.D. ’99; M.P.H. 2000), Coalition to Expand Contraceptive Access
• Wanda Hung (M.S.E. ’05), Google
• Eric Lang (A.M. 1985; Ph.D. ’88), Behavioral Risk Sciences (BRS)
• Leah Makley (Ph.D. ’14), MBC BioLabs
• Mark Matossian (B.S.E. 1987; A.B. ’87; M.S.E. ’88), Efficient Frontier; SPACE
• Joel McDade (Ph.D. ’14), Quantum-Si
• Vaibhav Nalwayav (M.S.E. 1998), Wavecrest Growth Partners
• Sujatha Ramanujan (B.S.E. 1988; M.S.E. ’91; Ph.D. ’95), NextCorps
• LidarisSan Miguel Rivera (M.S. 2005; Ph.D. ’08), The Dow Chemical Company
• Gourang Shah (M.S.E. 1991; M.B.A. ’99), Deutsche Bank
• Xin Sun (M.S.E. 1993; M.S.E. ’94; Ph.D. ’95), Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Roger Valade (A.B. 1992), G2
• David Wigder (M.S.E. 1995), Tock (Amex)
• Chenan Xia (M.S.E. 2006; Ph.D. ’09), McKinsey & Company
• Zhen Zeng-Liao (M.S.E. 1995), Jabez Eco-environmental Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd